From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f51e93dacd9c7fca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-18 12:41:58 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!iad-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!iad-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!bpr.best.vwh.net!bpr Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Brian Rogoff Subject: Re: status of Ada STL? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <3d0ce154_5@news.bluewin.ch> <3D0D4274.6C5E02F9@acm.org> <4519e058.0206170753.599fd771@posting.google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 19:41:55 +0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 192.220.65.223 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: iad-read.news.verio.net 1024429080 192.220.65.223 (Tue, 18 Jun 2002 19:38:00 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 19:38:00 GMT Organization: Verio Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26292 Date: 2002-06-18T19:41:55+00:00 List-Id: On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Frank J. Lhota wrote: > > While I agree, the chances for such a change in Ada are infinitesimal. > > Why? Adding augmented assignment operators to Ada would break no existing > program, so it does not seem t be as big a deal as some of these other > proposals. Because you can get the effects you want now using function call notation, and because so many people (not me) hate this kind of thing that it would never ever get approved for inclusion in Ada. IMO, of course. Note that allowing in out mode for functions is also an upward compatible extension, arguably more useful than shortcut operators, and that still didn't make it into the language. -- Brian